Fable+Storybook

= = ** Creating a storybook from a fable by AESOP ** = = =** What are Fables? **= =** Fables are short stories which illustrate a particular moral and teach a lesson to children and kids. The theme and characters appeal to children and the stories are often humorous and entertaining for kids of all ages. Fables can also be described as tales or yarns which have a message in their narrative such as a parable might have. Fables can often pass into our culture as myths and legends and used to teach about morals to children and kids. **= = = =** The characters of fables and tales are usually animals who act and talk just like people while retaining their animal traits. **= = = =For this assignment, you will be "re-writing" a fable written by Aesop. You will draw the name of a fable in class and use the following links to find and read the fable. You may want to read it at a couple of different sites to make sure you understand the story and can re-write it.=

= [|Tales with a Lesson] = = = =[|Fable Search]= = = =[|Short Easy-to-Understand Fables]= = = =[|Aesop's ABC's]=

__**Part #1:**__ First, find your fable at one of the sites on the wiki under FABLE on the navigation bar. Read the fable so you know what it is about. You may want to read it at a couple of different sites to make sure you understand and can rewrite it in your own words.
 * Your assignment: **

You will need to summarize the fable into 7 short paragraphs you will use for your storybook. THIS NEEDS TO BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS!! You have to figure out how to get the entire story covered in 6 paragraphs because the last paragraph is the morale of the story. The moral of the story can be taken right from the site - you do not have to reword it!

Use a MS Word document, size 14 font with a header (your name/bell/fable pre-write). You have to include enough of the story that the fable makes sense. DO NOT copy and paste from the web – you will receive zero credit for that and you will not be able to complete the storybook assignment without the pre-write.

Paragraph #1: Once upon a time there was a fox and a hen. The fox lived in the woods that surrounded the farm where a farmer had a 100 chickens. Paragraph #2: Continue with the story… Paragraph #3: Continue with the story… Paragraph #4: Continue with the story… Paragraph #5: Continue with the story… Paragraph #6: Continue with the story… Paragraph #7: The morale of the story is… which means…
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Print the pre-write when you are finished. Spelling counts so use spell check.

__** Part #2 - **__ Create a PointPoint for children about your fable. You will need 8 slides - a title slide and a slide for each of the paragraphs you have written. Use shapes to create pictures as well as Google images - you need both shapes and Google pictures. The slides need to be full of text and pictures. You can add transitions and animations for extra credit.

Slide #1: Title slide (Title, Fable by Aesop, edited by your name - pictures using shapes and images Slide #2: Paragraph #1 from your pre-write - pictures using shapes and images  Slide #3: Paragraph #2 from your pre-write - pictures using shapes and images  Slide #4: Paragraph #3 from your pre-write - pictures using shapes and images  Slide #5: Paragraph #4 from your pre-write - pictures using shapes and images  Slide #6: Paragraph #5 from your pre-write - pictures using shapes and images  Slide #7: Paragraph #6 from your pre-write - pictures using shapes and images  Slide #8: Moral of the story is... - pictures using shapes and images = =